OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498810
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP.
NACOGDOCHES, TX·
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU AUGER
Investigation abstract
AROUND 9:15PM ON A JULY NIGHT, A TRUCK DRIVER WAS DELIVERING CHICKEN FEED TO A C ONTRACT FARMER. THE FEED WAS IN A TRUCK THAT USED A GRAIN AUGER (SCREW CONVEYOR) TO DELIVER THE FEED TO ITS DESTINATION. THE CONTROLS FOR THE SCREW CONVEYOR WER E LOCATED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE TRUCK AT THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER. THE DRI VER HAD RAISED THE BOOM OF THE CONVEYOR TO A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION AND THEN STA RTED TO MOVE IT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FEED HOPPER. THE BOOM CONTACTED A 7200-V OLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE, AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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